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SmarterTravel: Best & Worst Travel Destinations for Women
As a woman, traveler, and the type that tends to like parachuting into off-the-beaten track destinations, I long for articles that point out where women should go and where they should exercise extra caution when going. Well, USA Today features a fine piece for the solo women journeying this big bad world on her own with the best and worst places for women to travel. The list, compiled by Jessica Labrencis and RaeJean Stokes of SmarterTravel, doesn't suggest women should free up and lose all inhibitions in so-called safe places or completely avoid named worst destinations. Instead of rambling on about what the list does suggest let's take a look at their best and worst and share some of our experiences. (You'll want to go to their site for all the specifics.)Best travel destinations for women:
- Amsterdam
- Ireland
- Costa Rica
- India
- Vietnam
- Middle East & Northern Africa
- The Mediterranean Coast
- The United States
- Latin America & the Caribbean
- States of the former U.S.S.R.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
AStefanie Sep 3rd 2006 7:56PM
I really don't think the USA is unsafe for women. Shame on you for saying that.
roseyrosie Nov 21st 2007 1:31PM
SHE didn't say the USA was a bad place for women to go; it was in another article.
Anyway, I would imagine that it's from the point of view of sexual inequality, and I'd say it's small-minded to say that the USA is perfect in this regard.
But "the Middle East" in one category? Surely that's ridiculous: you could make a list of five actual countries, and you might have a much more interesting analysis than a list of groups like that.